Now JetBlue Airways’ Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport has an outdoor farm. Designed to promote New York agriculture and add a bit more green space to the airport, the 24,000-square-foot T5 farm is growing produce, herbs and the same blue potatoes used to make the Terra Blues potato chips JetBlue offers year-round as complimentary snacks to passengers during flights.
Located on the curb outside the departures level of T5, the farm — which is actually a big urban garden — has raised beds made out of 2,300 black plastic milk crates bolted together and then bolted to the ground
The T5 farm is expected to produce two harvests of blue potatoes a year, generating more than 1,000 pounds of potatoes per harvest. In addition to potatoes,
The T5 farm is expected to produce two harvests of blue potatoes a year, generating more than 1,000 pounds of potatoes per harvest. In addition to potatoes, JetBlue farm manager Katrina Ceguera, a veteran of the urban farming movement, will tend to more than 1,000 herbs and vegetable plants, including arugula, beets, mint, fennel, rosemary, sage, basil and kale.
The plan is for the farm to provide herbs, produce and potatoes for some of T5’s restaurants and eateries and for donations for local food pantries. Area students and, eventually, passengers will also be able to visit the T5 farm to learn about urban gardening.
— source usatoday.com